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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Samsung Electronics logs record-high profit on memory chipsSamsung Electronics Co. reported another record high in quarterly earnings Tuesday thanks to the unprecedented boom in the memory chip industry and predicted that another record-breaking quarter is on the horizon, a breathtaking run for a company fighting to get its leader out of jail.https://phys.org/news/2017-10-samsung-electronics-record-high-profit-memory.html
Business Tue, 31 Oct 2017 03:49:58 ESTnews428640592Intel presents 17-qubit superconducting chip with advanced packagingToday, Intel announced the delivery of a 17-qubit superconducting test chip for quantum computing to QuTech, Intel's quantum research partner in the Netherlands. The new chip was fabricated by Intel and features a unique design to achieve improved yield and performance.https://phys.org/news/2017-10-intel-qubit-superconducting-chip-advanced.html
Semiconductors Wed, 11 Oct 2017 06:48:31 ESTnews426923299Researchers image perfectly smooth side-surfaces of 3-D silicon crystals with a scanning tunneling microscopeA research collaboration between Osaka University and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology for the first time used scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to create images of atomically flat side-surfaces of 3-D silicon crystals. This work helps semiconductor manufacturers continue to innovate while producing smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient computer chips for computers and smartphones.https://phys.org/news/2017-10-image-perfectly-smooth-side-surfaces-d.html
Nanophysics Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:50:04 ESTnews426840115Optimum drill geometry for creating deep, narrow holes is determined using a computational modelImproving the design of drills capable of excavating deep holes should increase their performance and longevity. Scientists from A*STAR develop a computational model that can determine the ideal drill design, achieving significant savings.https://phys.org/news/2017-10-optimum-drill-geometry-deep-narrow.html
Engineering Thu, 05 Oct 2017 08:40:02 ESTnews426408839Three-dimensional chip combines computing and data storageAs embedded intelligence is finding its way into ever more areas of our lives, fields ranging from autonomous driving to personalized medicine are generating huge amounts of data. But just as the flood of data is reaching massive proportions, the ability of computer chips to process it into useful information is stalling.https://phys.org/news/2017-07-three-dimensional-chip-combines-storage.html
Nanophysics Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:00:02 ESTnews418474760Self-learning neuromorphic chip that composes musicToday, at the imec technology forum (ITF2017), imec demonstrated the world's first self-learning neuromorphic chip. The brain-inspired chip, based on OxRAM technology, has the capability of self-learning and has been demonstrated to have the ability to compose music.https://phys.org/news/2017-05-self-learning-neuromorphic-chip-music.html
Semiconductors Tue, 16 May 2017 08:20:01 ESTnews414140955Liquid fuel for future computersResearchers at ETH Zurich and IBM Research Zurich have built a tiny redox flow battery. This means that future computer chip stacks—in which individual chips are stacked like pancakes to save space and energy—could be supplied with electrical power and cooled at the same time by such integrated flow batteries. In a flow battery, an electrochemical reaction is used to produce electricity out of two liquid electrolytes, which are pumped to the battery cell from outside via a closed electrolyte loop.https://phys.org/news/2017-03-liquid-fuel-future.html
Energy & Green Tech Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:45:42 ESTnews408789921Scientists reveal new super-fast form of computer that 'grows as it computes'Researchers from The University of Manchester have shown it is possible to build a new super-fast form of computer that "grows as it computes".https://phys.org/news/2017-03-scientists-reveal-super-fast.html
General Physics Wed, 01 Mar 2017 07:03:17 ESTnews407574174Scientists turn memory chips into processors to speed up computing tasksA team of international scientists have found a way to make memory chips perform computing tasks, which is traditionally done by computer processors like those made by Intel and Qualcomm.https://phys.org/news/2017-01-scientists-memory-chips-processors-tasks.html
Computer Sciences Tue, 03 Jan 2017 06:15:28 ESTnews402646502Researchers find weakness in common computer chipResearchers from Binghamton University—State University of New York and the University of California, Riverside have found a weakness in the Haswell central processing unit (CPU) components that makes common computer operating systems vulnerable to malicious attacks.https://phys.org/news/2016-10-weakness-common-chip.html
Security Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:15:52 ESTnews396612938Low-power chip processes 3-D camera data, could enable wearable device to guide the visually impairedMIT researchers have developed a low-power chip for processing 3-D camera data that could help visually impaired people navigate their environments. The chip consumes only one-thousandth as much power as a conventional computer processor executing the same algorithms.https://phys.org/news/2016-02-low-power-chip-d-camera-enable.html
Computer Sciences Wed, 03 Feb 2016 06:25:41 ESTnews373703133Slow PC, smartphone demand saps SK Hynix 4Q profitSlowing global demand for personal computers and smartphones slashed the profits of South Korean semiconductor giant SK Hynix by half in the fourth quarter, the company said Tuesday.https://phys.org/news/2016-01-pc-smartphone-demand-saps-sk.html
Business Tue, 26 Jan 2016 03:01:25 ESTnews372999678New technology could save millions in energy costsA new technology from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), could help companies and factories cut their energy bills by as much as 10 per cent.https://phys.org/news/2015-12-technology-millions-energy.html
Energy & Green Tech Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:58:43 ESTnews369313114Method analyzes non-uniform conductors with a magnetic fieldFrom laptops and televisions to smartphones and tablets, semiconductors have made advanced electronics possible. These types of devices are so pervasive, in fact, that Northwestern Engineering's Matthew Grayson says we are living in the "Semiconductor Age."https://phys.org/news/2015-11-method-non-uniform-conductors-magnetic-field.html
General Physics Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:29:12 ESTnews365966940SK Hynix misses Q3 analyst estimatesSouth Korea's SK Hynix Inc. announced a fall in third quarter profits Thursday due to slowing global demand for memory chips that failed to offset orders from Apple for is popular new iPhone.https://phys.org/news/2015-10-sk-hynix-q3-analyst.html
Business Thu, 22 Oct 2015 02:31:53 ESTnews364699906Plasmonics chips through better control of the directional excitation of plasmons in a gold gratingBy using the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), A*STAR researchers and their collaborators have generated electromagnetic waves known as surface plasmon polaritons in a gold grating and demonstrated that the direction of travel of these waves can be controlled.https://phys.org/news/2015-08-plasmonics-chips-plasmons-gold.html
General Physics Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:32:37 ESTnews359793073Intel, 'Survivor' producers plan show on wearablesUS technology firm Intel, best known for its semiconductor chips, is jumping into reality TV with a competition pitting makers of wearables and smart connected consumer devices.https://phys.org/news/2015-08-intel-survivor-wearables.html
Business Wed, 19 Aug 2015 02:20:02 ESTnews359168621New optical chip lights up the race for quantum computerThe microprocessor inside a computer is a single multipurpose chip that has revolutionised people's life, allowing them to use one machine to surf the web, check emails and keep track of finances.https://phys.org/news/2015-08-optical-chip-quantum.html
Optics & Photonics Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:00:02 ESTnews358680745Video: Identifying counterfeit computer chipsCounterfeit computer chips are often difficult to identify and can not only find their way into the supply chains of everyday products but threaten national security.https://phys.org/news/2015-06-video-counterfeit-chips.html
Engineering Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:30:01 ESTnews353658367Researchers find strong constraint on delivery of optical signals to computersOptics, a form of data transmission that utilizes beams of light, has the promise to outperform the beams of electrons that drive your computer or smartphone. Engineers have long sought a way to miniaturize optical technology, which is present in today's fast-paced fiber-optic cables, so they can bring the speed and efficiency of light-based data transmission to a computer chip.https://phys.org/news/2015-06-strong-constraint-delivery-optical.html
Optics & Photonics Tue, 09 Jun 2015 06:29:25 ESTnews353050155Researchers develop technique for integrating 'III-V' materials onto silicon wafersA team of IBM researchers in Zurich, Switzerland with support from colleagues in Yorktown Heights, New York has developed a relatively simple, robust and versatile process for growing crystals made from compound semiconductor materials that will allow them be integrated onto silicon wafers—an important step toward making future computer chips that will allow integrated circuits to continue shrinking in size and cost even as they increase in performance.https://phys.org/news/2015-06-technique-iii-v-materials-silicon-wafers.html
Nanophysics Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:36:06 ESTnews352982159Silicon photonics technology ready to speed up cloud and big data applicationsIBM today announced a significant milestone in the development of silicon photonics technology, which enables silicon chips to use pulses of light instead of electrical signals over wires to move data at rapid speeds and longer distances in future computing systems.https://phys.org/news/2015-05-silicon-photonics-technology-ready-cloud.html
Optics & Photonics Wed, 13 May 2015 09:01:16 ESTnews350726460Best of Last Week – A quantum shortcut, a ten-engine plane and cell phones that bother babies in utero(Phys.org)—Once again, it was a good week for physics as a team of researchers found a quantum shortcut that could speed up many quantum technologies—they devised a new method for preparing quantum states for many-body systems that combines shortcuts to adiabaticity with optimal control. Also, another team of researchers demonstrated a new chip architecture that may provide the foundation for a quantum computer—a new device that allows more electrodes to be placed on a chip.https://phys.org/news/2015-05-week-quantum-shortcut-ten-engine-plane.html
Other Mon, 11 May 2015 08:50:01 ESTnews350548372Quantum teleportation on a chipThe core circuits of quantum teleportation, which generate and detect quantum entanglement, have been successfully integrated into a photonic chip by an international team of scientists from the universities of Bristol, Tokyo, Southampton and NTT Device Technology Laboratories. These results pave the way to developing ultra-high-speed quantum computers and strengthening the security of communication.https://phys.org/news/2015-04-quantum-teleportation-chip.html
Quantum Physics Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:59:43 ESTnews347104777New approach to distributing computations could make multicore chips much fasterComputer chips' clocks have stopped getting faster. To keep delivering performance improvements, chipmakers are instead giving chips more processing units, or cores, which can execute computations in parallel.https://phys.org/news/2015-02-approach-multicore-chips-faster.html
Computer Sciences Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:39:19 ESTnews343471136Engineers use disorder to control light on a nanoscaleA breakthrough by a team of researchers from UCLA, Columbia University and other institutions could lead to the more precise transfer of information in computer chips, as well as new types of optical materials for light emission and lasers.https://phys.org/news/2015-02-disorder-nanoscale.html
Optics & Photonics Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:52:33 ESTnews342114746Chipmaker Intel to buy German broadband specialist LantiqChip-making giant Intel plans to buy a German company that specializes in broadband access and home networking technologies, as part of a push to reach more households with high-end technology.https://phys.org/news/2015-02-chipmaker-intel-german-broadband-specialist.html
Business Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:17:16 ESTnews342094629Scientists construct the first germanium-tin semiconductor laser for silicon chipsScientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland in cooperation with international partners have presented the first semiconductor consisting solely of elements of main group IV. As a consequence, the germanium-tin (GeSn) laser can be applied directly onto a silicon chip and thus creates a new basis for transmitting data on computer chips via light: this transfer is faster than is possible with copper wires and requires only a fraction of the energy. The results have been published in the journal Nature Photonics.https://phys.org/news/2015-01-scientists-germanium-tin-semiconductor-laser-silicon.html
Optics & Photonics Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:20:04 ESTnews340963356Researchers build an array of light detectors on a photonic chip able to record single photonsA large team of researchers with members from MIT, IBM, NASA's JPL and Columbia University has developed a process that that enables scalable integration of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) on a range of photonic circuits. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the team describes their new process and why they believe it may lead one day to a practical photonic quantum processor on a chip.https://phys.org/news/2015-01-array-detectors-photonic-chip-photons.html
Nanophysics Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:10:03 ESTnews340881487Quantum computing poised for new silicon revolutionA dramatic increase in the amount of time data can be stored on a single atom means silicon could once again play a vital role in the development of super-fast computers.https://phys.org/news/2014-10-quantum-poised-silicon-revolution.html
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